{{for|the painter|Ejnar Hansen (painter)}} {{Short description|Danish wrestler (1898–1947)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Ejnar Hansen | full_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Danish | sport = Wrestling | birth_date = {{birth date|1898|12|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Guldborgsund, Denmark | death_date = {{death date and age|1947|3|26|1898|12|20|df=yes}} | death_place = Copenhagen, Denmark }}
'''Ejnar Hansen''' (20 December 1898 – 26 March 1947) was a Danish wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight at the 1928 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/ejnar-hansen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418113712/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/ejnar-hansen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Ejnar Hansen Olympic Results |accessdate=17 February 2019}}</ref>
Einar Hansen then achieved the best result of his career at the 1930 European Championship in Stockholm. There he defeated the German champion Willi Müller and Alfred Teaearu from Estonia and only lost to Carl Westergren from Sweden. These results brought him 2nd place and winning the silver medal in a light heavyweight.<ref>{{Cite web |last=emmanuel |title=Athletes & Results |url=https://uww.org/athletes-results |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=United World Wrestling |language=en}}</ref>
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